Pokémon Legends: ZA is garbage for the price it's asking, especially here in the land of the great white north (Canada). We’re already facing high taxes with the GST at 13% in Ontario and 14% in Quebec. When you combine that with the base prices
$85 for Switch 1 and
$100 for Switch 2 you know it’s a raw deal. This doesn’t even count the ridiculous $40 for the DLC!
Pokémon fans will label you a hater for speaking the truth, but let’s be real: many are just bootlickers willing to have their throats stepped on by Game Freak and the Pokémon Company. Unlike other Pokémon DLCs, like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s "
The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero," which bundles both the Teal Mask and Indio Disk, or Pokémon Sword and Shield’s "
The Isle of Armor" and "
The Crown Tundra," this situation feels cheap in terms of quality and content, but not the price lamo. In Canada, those DLCs are
$40 due to our currency being weaker than that of the U.S. and Europe.
If you wanted to buy Sword & Shield or Scarlet & Violet’s DLC, there was a good reason they were packed with way more content compared to both
Z-A’s base game and its poorly designed DLC, Mega Dimensions. Everyone in Canada can barely afford rent and food, and the rising cost of living makes this even worse. Z-A and Mega Dimensions feel like an absolute downgrade compared to previous Pokémon games.
While I do like the characters and Mega, I can’t accept the price they’re asking. If this game were priced at
$49.99 CAD or
$39.99 USD, it would feel more reasonable, similar to how the Gen 6 and 7 games were priced. Plus,
Z-A is full of bugs and glitches. Have you seen the design of the building windows? They don’t even look real! You’re just running around some pointless city, and I refuse to pay
$90 for a game that only allows you to explore this one pathetic area.
The graphics look so bad they belong on the
PS2. It’s
2026 for damn sakes, games should not look like they’re from that era. You know what? Even many games from that time period look way better than
Pokémon Legends: ZA. That’s how far I’m willing to go!
This game is an absolutely inferior product when stacked against past Pokémon titles. There are no excuses!
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is just pathetic garbage and a cash grab for all the people who wanted a real Kalos game, not just some dumb city that you cannot leave to explore other parts of Kalos!
You can have a look for yourselves:
Switch 1:
https://www.ebgames.ca/Switch/Games/938248/pokemon-legends-z-a?listskus=801270
Switch 2:
https://www.ebgames.ca/Switch 2/Games/938247/pokemon-legends-z-a?listskus=801268
People need to think more about their finances instead of giving all their hard-earned money away to the
Pokémon Company (PTC) and Game Freak (GF) for this garbage. They are a billion-dollar company, after all, not some unknown indie developer. They are a global phenomenon and can clearly put more effort into these games.
Look at other Nintendo games on the Switch:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom,
Super Mario Odyssey,
Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and
Metroid. Need I say more? These games have better graphics compared to many Pokémon games on the Switch. Even
Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee have better graphics than
Sword & Shield, both
Legends games, and
Scarlet and Violet, unless if its the Pokémon their textures look somewhat good. It’s ridiculous!
People often hate on
Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, and I get it. But those graphics look so much better than any Pokémon game on the Switch. On top of that, they aren't riddled with bugs and glitches. Yes, I'm pissed that they excluded cross-gen evolutions and pre-evolutions related to Gen 1 Pokémon, and yes, I'm furious about breaking the
151-rule with Meltan and Melmetal. But do they look nice? Absolutely! Do they have a proper ride mechanic, unlike many other Pokémon games on the Switch? Yes!
Game Freak scrapped the riding feature in
ZA, and frankly,
ZA is just a fucking pile of shit. I don't care how angry people get at me or if there’s an angry mob with pitchforks and torches. We need to address the pain points of the Pokémon community if we want to see growth.
PTC and GF need to stop getting away with all this BS. It’s insane how much Pokémon fans let these two get away with subpar offerings.
We could have much better games if it weren't for the fact that people are always protecting Pokémon. I just care deeply about Pokémon and want it to improve. I’m not asking for ultra-realistic 3D graphics that make the Pokémon look like real animals. What I want, in terms of graphics, is something akin to what we see in
Zelda,
Mario, and even some third-party games like
Yo-kai Watch 4 and so much more. Those games may not have ultra-realistic graphics, but they still look nice and have far superior graphics compared to any Pokémon game on the Switch so far. Let’s hope that Gen 10 isn’t a massive letdown!
A lot of people in the Pokémon community agree with me on this. Even RuffledRowlet made a video a couple of years ago about it.
Let’s not act like this is something so controversial, because many people in this community will lash out at you for even saying it.
